Ah dessert. It’s one thing I’m not too keen on—a travesty, friends would insist. I wasn’t born with a sweet tooth and while I eat cakes and pastries as a snack, I almost never eat it to cap off a meal.

But even if I decline dessert a lot, there are still a few sweet treats I never turn down. Still, a fruitful visit to Salcedo Market gave me something to photograph for Lasang Pinoy – Sundays’ Dessert theme. In the form of a delightfully rich, yet plain looking butter cake.

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Last night was supposed to be an ordinary supermarket run. I needed a block of cream cheese so we headed off to South Supermarket to grab that and a few pantry essentials. Imagine my shock and excitement when I saw THIS!

Yes, dear south of Manila based readers, we now have a Sango branch so close to home. Sango is sandwiched between Yellow Cab Pizza and North Park at the ground level of South Supermarket in Westgate, Filinvest Corporate City Alabang. Open from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, they also deliver like their Makati counterpart.

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Just a quick reminder for Manila-based readers. The Salcedo Saturday market is celebrating its 4th anniversary tomorrow, June 21, 2008. As part of the festivities, a Kapampangan food fest will showcase the best that Pampanga has to offer with sumptuous regional delicacies. Imagine, all those yummy Kapampangan goodies (wonders if there will be fresh camachile fruits) on top of the regular Saturday market delights! Catch you guys there tomorrow!

Oh, but if you have never been to Salcedo, check this old post out to discover what you’re missing.

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Recently, laziness has been causing the disappearance of bento from my life. Even more laziness has led me and my colleagues to go for fastfood deliveries, rather than going out to buy lunches. Still, this bleak scenario did lead to the discovery of something interesting. It led us to delivery.ph!

A 3-month old Manila-centric food portal, delivery.ph gathers various fastfood outlets and restaurants that offer delivery services and centralizes the whole system through a website. You sign up, choose a restaurant, then make your order. Imagine, you don’t have to dig up those delivery flyers (we keep an envelope of them in the office) to get food. Everything, the menu and prices are all there. You can even see your total balance before you check out. Plus, after your initial registration, they’ll keep your address on file so you don’t have to repeat your address each time.

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Tea is one thing I can’t master. No matter what I try to make, a lot of times, I steep it too long and it ends up bitter. Still, it makes me appreciate a good cup of tea even more, so when The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf decided to start a series of Tea Appreciation seminars, I was definitely excited.

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I asked a Japanese friend who resides in Manila, “Where’s the best place to get Japanese food locally?” She recommended a couple of restaurants, but she also said that if it was sushi I was after, I should go visit Kikufuji. A small restaurant that’s known mostly by word of mouth, Kikufuji is tucked along the side of Little Tokyo, along Pasong Tamo in Makati. A quaint little restaurant, it was quite full when we went there for lunch on a Saturday.

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Discovering new restaurants is always nice, but really, it’s the old standbys that never fail to answer specific cravings. One restaurant that never fails to satisfy me is Pho Hoa. Whenever I go there, I just take a cursory glance at the menu. A ritual I don’t know why I bother with, since I know I’ll be ordering a Pho #4, in either light or small bowl, depending on my appetite.

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